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Song Interpretation
Influenced by a party in South Africa and Dave’s Acid influenced experiences. Julia Grey named this song, when after hearing it (w/o the Billies refrain), said it sounded like Hillbillies on Acid. The rumor of the Billie being slang for a British police officer, whereas the slang may be true, it does not apply to the song. Dave stated during the 1999 Storytellers performance that the line 'Dragons were smoked' is a coy reference to the cartoon (and song) "Puff The Magic Dragon". There was a time when people thought it was slang for smoking pot, so Dave referenced it as such. Without Dave's explanation of the line, one would be hard pressed to guess at the meaning of that obscure line.

Song Interpretation

Influenced by a party in South Africa and Dave’s Acid influenced experiences. Julia Grey named this song, when after hearing it (w/o the Billies refrain), said it sounded like Hillbillies on Acid. The rumor of the Billie being slang for a British police officer, whereas the slang may be true, it does not apply to the song.

Dave stated during the 1999 Storytellers performance that the line 'Dragons were smoked' is a coy reference to the cartoon (and song) "Puff The Magic Dragon". There was a time when people thought it was slang for smoking pot, so Dave referenced it as such. Without Dave's explanation of the line, one would be hard pressed to guess at the meaning of that obscure line.

Song Information
Album: Remember Two Things Fall 1994 Rarity: 70.9677 Historical Rarity: 36.6154 Average Slot: 9 Average Length: 5:30

Tripping Billies

44 Fall 1994 Appearances

Date	Venue	Position	Length
DMB 1994-09-27	McIntire Amphitheatre - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA	13	4:11
DMB 1994-09-29	The Ritz, Raleigh, NC	10	4:31
DMB 1994-09-30	Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY	10	4:10
DMB 1994-10-01	Theater for The Arts, Philadelphia, PA	7	4:25
DMB 1994-10-05	Club Soda, Montreal, Quebec, Canada	2
DMB 1994-10-07	A.J. Palumbo Center, Pittsburgh, PA	2	4:12
DMB 1994-10-08	Avalon, Boston, MA	9	4:13
DMB 1994-10-09	Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI	18	4:17
DMB 1994-10-11	Pearl Street Night Club, Northampton, MA	9	4:32
DMB 1994-10-12	Stone Balloon, Newark, DE	7	4:17
DMB 1994-10-14	DMBLive - Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA 10/14/1994, Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA	2	4:10
DM_ 1994-10-15	Magic Platter Record Store, Birmingham, AL	3
DMB 1994-10-16	Varsity Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA	2	4:19
DMB 1994-10-18	The Mushroom, New Orleans, LA	7
DMB 1994-10-19	Lafayette's, Oxford, MS	6
DMB 1994-10-20	328 Performance Hall, Nashville, TN	15	4:27
DMB 1994-10-21	Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO	16	4:32
DMB 1994-10-22	DMBLive - Blue Note, Columbia, MO 10/22/1994, The Blue Note, Columbia, MO	10	4:30
DMB 1994-10-26	The Cabooze, Minneapolis, MN	10	4:20
DMB 1994-10-27	Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI	11	4:27
DMB 1994-10-28	The Vic, Chicago, IL	9
DMB 1994-10-29	Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, MI	6	4:30
DMB 1994-11-01	Roxy Club, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands	6	4:31
DMB 1994-11-03	Roxy Club, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands	8
DMB 1994-11-08	Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C.	8	4:41
DMB 1994-11-09	Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, VA	13	4:35
DMB 1994-11-11	Wait Chapel - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC	15
DMB 1994-11-13	Electric Ballroom, Knoxville, TN	12	4:35
DMB 1994-11-14	The Vogue, Indianapolis, IN	12	4:39
DMB 1994-11-17	Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO	12
DMB 1994-11-18	Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO	16	4:11
DMB 1994-11-19	Fox Theatre, Boulder, CO	16	4:36
DMB 1994-11-19	Rock And Roll Auction, Paramount Theatre, Denver, CO	7
DMB 1994-11-20	Marriott Grand Ballroom, Vail, CO	7	4:52
DMB 1994-11-23	Cat's Paw, Bozeman, MT	12	4:48
DMB 1994-11-25	Roseland Theater, Portland, OR	10	4:40
DMB 1994-11-26	DMBLive - Backstage Theatre, Seattle, WA 11/26/1994, Backstage Tavern, Ballard, WA	11	4:51
DMB 1994-12-01	Palookaville, Santa Cruz, CA	13	5:06
DMB 1994-12-02	Recreation Hall - University California Davis, Davis, CA	7	4:33
DMB 1994-12-04	Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA	14	4:50
DMB 1994-12-08	Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA	9
DMB 1994-12-15	Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX	8
DMB 1994-12-16	Rockafeller's, Houston, TX	4	4:41
DMB 1994-12-17	Trees, Dallas, TX	10	4:30

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Tripping Billies

44 Fall 1994 Appearances